4.5 - An incredibly rich world, a people lost by genocide with survivors hiding their identities and mingling with the general population. Do you owe your people loyalty because of a bloodline, or do you get to choose a life for your own. When is it selfish to want to live for yourself. And how does it feel when the injustice you thought was placed upon your people appears to have some merit after all. 

Sylvia’s story is one of loss, survival, betrayal but also of hope, learning to trust and somehow love the things you thought you never could. I had a great time in the kingdoms that fell alive thanks to the incredible discription, each country had its own rich culture. As for the characters, the two heirs were front and center and the tension, the power dynamics between them were so interesting to see. They hacked at the cold ice between them bit by bit, and each choice they made always surprised the other, but also myself.

I’m looking forward to what the next book brings, and if the bonds will ever be mended again.